Massive campaigns all over the blogosphere to Freshly Press Le Clown have finally borne fruit: Le Clown is a made man, and his infamous Not Featured on Freshly Pressed badge will be retired – it was only a month old.
Not everyone is pleased with this sudden blogging consecration. Le Clown’s close friend and brother-in-arms, street artist Banksy, has been reported walking around England covering up stencilled graffiti supporting Le Clown’s status as one of the three remaining blogging celebrities who were not yet Freshly Pressed, and cursing Le Clown’s name.
A Not Featured on Freshly Pressed flag had been planted on the moon, costing American millions in dollars – money that could have been used to send Paul Ryan to the moon.
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Hacktivist group and friends Anonymous had to cancel a cyber-attack planned on the WordPress servers later this month, pissing off Commander X and Honey Boo Boo.
Finally, an unprecedented recall of October’s edition of Adbusters generated a slew of hate mail. Adbusters is confused about the uproar and the negative press this recall is getting, as nowhere in the magazine was the word “vagina” ever used.
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Can I have your jersey? you don’t have to wash it first.
Posted by Maggie O'C | October 10, 2012, 16:59Maggie,
It’s all yours.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 09:29Wow! Even Noam Chomsky? At least I can say I knew you when. But what about the inevitable scandal a few years from now when a member of your team tells the world your success was really the result of human growth hormone? I for one will be shattered.
Posted by Smaktakula | October 10, 2012, 17:08Smaktakula,
Sometimes in life, things happen which make us lose some focus, the sight of a prosciutto sandwich for example, in my case… not the cheap prosciutto, but the real deal, with a few slices of aged provolone cheese… See, I’m losing my focus. And when you lose your focus, you tend to neglect the things and the ones you love, like you sexy ass, Smak. Don’t go too far, I’m coming back. End of terrible analogy.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 09:29You know the world is going to hell in a handbasket when you, the Ringmistress and I have been FP’d, Le Clown. I kind of liked our little unpressed club, but whatevs.
Posted by Madame Weebles | October 10, 2012, 17:56Madame Weebles,
I like my new Freshly Pressed screen:
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 09:20WTF, Weebles too? I didn’t add you in the congrats / whining post I made because I did not realize it. So Sad Pony says congrats. Also, this is getting freaking WEIRD. Cool, but weird.
Posted by aliceatwonderland | October 11, 2012, 16:08Why did I just notification of this comment only now? WTF? I like this modified FP page very much!!
Posted by Madame Weebles | October 11, 2012, 23:00I’m in the unpressed club alone Miss Weebles…..but that’s ok…I don’t play well with others.
Posted by writerwendyreid | October 10, 2012, 19:22Wendy,
Oh… I gathered this comment was meant for La Weebles. Well too bad, I am answering it. It was left stranded alone on this thread, defenceless… Well. That’s all I got.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 08:48Yes, it was for Weebly…I thought I was obvious…wait…I was.
Posted by writerwendyreid | October 11, 2012, 19:38Congratulations sir! I am actually jealous and I typically scoff at Freshly Pressed. That is very cool. I am still not sure how one gets freshly pressed but you are totally worth promoting. xoxo Teri
Posted by trjensen | October 10, 2012, 22:53Teri,
I have so much catching up to do comment wise, but I wanted to acknowledge yours before I go to bed (as I’m old, which makes my kids laugh, I think, as they laugh at me). I’m happy you’ve stopped by. And you’ll see me soon by your neck of the woods…
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 10, 2012, 23:00I am late to arrive to the party, and you are already in bed. I will tiptoe around quietly as I sip a bit of champagne and play with some balloon animals. I will lock the door on my way out. Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed. Sleep tight.
Posted by Maddie Cochere | October 10, 2012, 23:44Maddie,
It’s like you know me… Thank you for tiptoeing last night. I only heard the murmurs of your comment. And thank you for whispering.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 07:33Naom Chomsky was a one!
Posted by gingerfightback | October 11, 2012, 03:25Ginger,
Noam Chomsky was [freshly pressed], [not in Annie Hall], [a linguist], [resurrected from the dead after 3 days]?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 07:22I would go for “Not In Annie Hall”.
Do I win a prize if I am correct?
Posted by gingerfightback | October 11, 2012, 08:57Ginger,
You are correct! That was Marshall Mcluhan! You win a lifetime membership on A Clown on Fire. You can tell all your friends, now. You’ll be the life of the party.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 09:02I was hoping for money but nevermind – Hooray!
Posted by gingerfightback | October 11, 2012, 09:08Well done Le Clown on being freshly pressed. I tried to get FP’d with another insane Canadian blogger by including the term Freshly Pressed a stupid amount of times in our posts. I see your approach of writing a brilliant post might have been a wiser route.
Other than inspiring the Nom Nom and Chomp sounds in PacMan what else is Naom Chomsky known for?
Posted by Ape No. 1 | October 11, 2012, 05:55Ape,
Thank you, Mr. Le Primate. Your knowledge of Le Chomsky seems to be pretty accurate. He is also known for inventing Kool-Aid and fire.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 07:20Oy, so much scrolling! Dude! Monsieur, you made the big time. Or the Big Top, as the case may be. You really did have a great thing with your Movember campaign, and I wish I had known about it BEFORE today. I just read about you on Bumble’s page. So congratulations on being squished flat.
And OMG! Can I just say, you have the freakin’ best headers in the world? Clearly, you are the master of PhotoShop or something. I am about to have a Do You Give Good Head (er)? Contest. And man, would I love it if someone with your skillz could help this girl with the sparkly glasses. And the hair. And the words. Winners will have eternal linky love driving people to your place. Interested? Stick around. I think I am launching that announcement on Monday. Probably.
Nice to meet you! Seriously, I’ve been reading your posts for over an hour. I think I need to get around a bit, don’t you?
Posted by Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson | October 11, 2012, 08:53Renée,
The comments are amazing, and Le Clown wit goes from “very funny ha ha” to “go to bed kind sir, you’re losing it”… I’m at my second coffee, so let’s just say I’m half-witted right now…
Greatest contest title ever, Renée! I’m in. I’ll be happy to work something out for your blog (which I have on my to do list today. On paper, I have written: Read new followers’ blogs and follow back – I swear on my dead frogs’ heads).
You have an accent aigu in “Renée”… Are you a French speaking native like moi?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 08:59What’s next? Disney World?
Posted by Christopher De Voss | October 11, 2012, 08:56Chris,
I don’t think Disney would allow Le Clown in… What do you think?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 11, 2012, 09:01Brilliant! Well deserved and about time.
Posted by Long Life Cats and Dogs | October 12, 2012, 13:31LLCD,
Thank you, friend. And I am sorry AGAIN to be neglecting your blog. This has been a very busy week. Hope all is well.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 23:07Not surprised you are overloaded! I’m battling to comment as a Gremlin has come to visit and mostly I can only do likes. Will catch up when your side calms down.
Posted by Long Life Cats and Dogs | October 16, 2012, 17:57Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations on gettin’ pressed!
Posted by Nicole Marie | October 12, 2012, 14:00Nicole,
Thank you. It cost me a tad of money to remove my Not Freshly Pressed tattoo again… And while I was there, I should have had some of my early 1990s tribal tattoos remove too, and the one that says: Jeremy Spoke In Class Today.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 14:08You should just have them scribble out the “Not”!
Posted by Nicole Marie | October 12, 2012, 14:12Nicole,
As in “Jeremy Not Spoke In Class”?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 14:14do you get officially notified, or do you just figure it out from the traffic and such?
Posted by rich | October 12, 2012, 17:28Rich,
Yes, you do receive an official email from WordPress a day before it is actually posted on the Freshly Presses page. And from my experience, it stays there for about 24-36 hours…
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 18:11good to know what i will never experience. meanwhile, i’ll think of myself as the susan lucci of blogging. hopefully, you have no clue who she is, and i’m not proud that i know.
Posted by rich | October 12, 2012, 18:24Rich,
Something is coming your way though. I hinted about that on Becca’s blog. Something in December. Can’t say more.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 18:27i know, and that’s insane. people scattered across the planet, and someone’s thinking of me. insane.
Posted by rich | October 12, 2012, 18:28Rich,
I’m working on something with a few bloggers, and you’re the first one I thought of. This would be happening sooner if it wasn’t for Movember, but I want to do it right. You’re a great fucking blogger, in my opinion.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 18:31i was just telling hastywords how she was inflating my ego. et tu brute?
Posted by rich | October 12, 2012, 20:18while i do recognize, without false modesty, the quality of my writing – i do not produce anything near the passion and wit that you and becca possess.
Posted by rich | October 12, 2012, 20:20Rich,
It’s an interesting point you bring. I think there are different types of blogging. You, in my opinion, are a writer, the blogger/writer. Your prose is rich – no pun intended, and I think it is part of your strength, that and being a great story teller. Then, there are bloggers like me… I am not the best writer, and I’m ok with this – English is not my first language, and I do struggle to create sentences that flow… Bloggers like Becca and Le Clown play with the idea of blogging. And you said it well, it’s about being clever. And it brings something else to the blogosphere… I am a fan of your art.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 20:38wow. great things for you to say, and i have no ground to disagree. i like to think of myself as a storyteller too. where your strengths lie is in your ability to take a moment is time or a day in the life and write about it in a way that connects with others on an internal level that makes people say, “Oh yeah! me too!”
Posted by rich | October 12, 2012, 23:53I have been following you with intent (not in a clown stalking manner you understand) and your ferocious FP campaign(s)…..(did Madame Weebles beat you to the title first)??! After restraining my natural Yorkshire urges for blasphemy and cursing in plain anglo saxon speaking fashion, in order to improve my chances of being FP’d, I may change tactic and have an expletive filled rant instead on my next installment or post photos of me wearing my pants on my head…look at me look at me!!! P.S I particularly like your verbal sparing matches in epic commentary dialogues after each post. I’m a recent fan and finding it hilarious that “Le Clown” has stopped by at “words with nanna prawn”, are you going all goey and soft on us Le Clown?! ….. was it that picture of the Kray brothers that inadvertently drew you in to a world of posts on teabags and craft projects……and cake? I am slightly intimidated and doing an impression of the cray cray fish right now…..”don’t eat me Le Clown”!!!!!
Posted by wordswithnannaprawn | October 12, 2012, 22:41Nanna Prawn,
Can I call you Nanna? Thank you for stopping by, by the way. It was in August I think that I decided I was not only going to blog under the Le Clown moniker… As much as I love my slightly obnoxious character, it was becoming a tad restrictive to blog under such a strict set of rules… And being myself allows me to write about so many other topics, with a different point of you, which is why L’Éric enjoyed visiting your neck of the wood. A cup of Early Grey, perhaps? I take mine black.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 12, 2012, 23:03Do you take sugar with your black humour L’Eric? and please forewarn me if Le Clown intends to do anything subversive with the pastries
thanks for calling me Nanna by the way, most people don’t read it properly and call me Anna on WP…….little did I know when creating my witty pseudonym that the prefixing ‘n’ would be overlooked…….no one seems to be having any problems or queries with the prawn bit though – Le strange.
Posted by wordswithnannaprawn | October 13, 2012, 01:15It’s about time!
Posted by talesfromthemotherland | October 12, 2012, 23:27Tales from the Motherland,
Why thank you!
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 13, 2012, 07:31Mais oui!
Posted by talesfromthemotherland | October 13, 2012, 12:19Damn it I hate you Le Clown. You’ve made me want to press the un-follow (and then press follow again). I thought we could trust you to be there for us but no, you had to go write good stuff and get yourself noticed, didn’t you… Well, I only have one think to say about that, just one thing I’m telling you Mr so-called-Le-Clown..
…Can I borrow the jersey? I think I’ll be needing it a lot longer than you did…
Posted by kenthinksaloud | October 13, 2012, 03:09Ken,
By all means, it’s all yours. And as I am feeling magnanimous today, it’s yours to take for free. You’re welcome.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | October 13, 2012, 07:32Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! I think next is for you to be knighted or turned into a Jedi (which is a knight, too, of course!) The force is strong in this one!
Posted by jeandayfriday | October 17, 2012, 20:25It was strong! It was magnificent!
All in the past.
Posted by Waywardspirit | October 17, 2012, 21:45Not Freshly Pressed?
That’s some crazy shit.
Posted by Waywardspirit | October 17, 2012, 21:46Hahaha. Missed this post earlier. Chomsky image is a winner!
Posted by Pixie Girl | March 5, 2013, 07:58